GLSA 201908-25: hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Denial of Service
Severity: | normal |
Title: | hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Denial of Service |
Date: | 08/18/2019 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201908-25 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant could lead to a Denial of Service condition.Background
wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN).
hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
net-wireless/wpa_supplicant | < 2.8 | >= 2.8 | All supported architectures |
net-wireless/hostapd | < 2.8 | >= 2.8 | All supported architectures |
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in hostapd’s and wpa_supplicant’s eap_server/eap_server_pwd.c and eap_peer/eap_pwd.c files.
Impact
An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/hostapd-2.8"
All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.8"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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